The Only Use of
posterity
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- "Since you have preserved my narration," said he, "I would not that a mutilated one should go down to posterity."†
p. 213.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(posterity) all future generations
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, posterity can refer to the future generations descended from an individual.